Luke 16:19

New American Bible - revised edition

“There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:24

The crown of the wise is wealth; the diadem of fools is folly.

Proverbs 31:22

She makes her own coverlets; fine linen and purple are her clothing.

Isaiah 3:23

the lace gowns, linen tunics, turbans, and shawls.

Ezekiel 16:13

Thus you were adorned with gold and silver; your garments made of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. Fine flour, honey, and olive oil were your food. You were very, very beautiful, fit for royalty.

Ezekiel 16:49

Now look at the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters were proud, sated with food, complacent in prosperity. They did not give any help to the poor and needy.

Ezekiel 27:7

Fine embroidered linen from Egypt became your sail; Your awnings were made of purple and scarlet from the coasts of Elishah.

Mark 15:17

They clothed him in purple and, weaving a crown of thorns, placed it on him.

Mark 15:20

And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak, dressed him in his own clothes, and led him out to crucify him. The Way of the Cross.

Luke 15:13

After a few days, the younger son collected all his belongings and set off to a distant country where he squandered his inheritance on a life of dissipation.

Luke 16:1

Then he also said to his disciples, “A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering his property.

Luke 16:18

“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery. The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus.

Luke 16:20

And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,

Revelation 17:4

The woman was wearing purple and scarlet and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She held in her hand a gold cup that was filled with the abominable and sordid deeds of her harlotry.

Revelation 18:16

they cry out: “Alas, alas, great city, wearing fine linen, purple and scarlet, adorned [in] gold, precious stones, and pearls.

Revelation 18:7

To the measure of her boasting and wantonness repay her in torment and grief; for she said to herself, ‘I sit enthroned as queen; I am no widow, and I will never know grief.’

Judges 8:26

The gold rings he had requested weighed seventeen hundred gold shekels, apart from the crescents and pendants, the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian, and apart from the trappings that were on the necks of their camels.